Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club  (Pictured is the Teen Work Crew for the Teen Center Non-Alcohol Teen Party. Often presented as karaoke nights, such parties demonstrate that alcohol and drug free parties are both cool and fun.)
Since 2002, the Turn 2 Foundation has supported the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club's substance abuse prevention activities. Programs include Staying Smart at "The Bay", and the Winter Instructional Baseball (WIB). 2007-2008 Turn 2 Foundation Staying Smart at "The Bay" Project Highlights • Besides specific drug education activities, another way to globally address the issue is to create and maintain positive and vital environments where drug and alcohol use are not desired or acceptable options. One example is the highly popular Karaoke Night's in the Teen Center which provides drug-free activities in a socially enjoyable environment. • Another of many positive activities that have shaped the environment in the past year has been Film Making. Participants learn screen writing, location selection, casting, editing and acting. Two short films were premiered at the Palmaro Clubhouse in June 2008. • Substance-abuse education is also addressed in the Summer Youth Employment Program, which includes a required 21 hours of educational content. With speakers provided by Urban Health Plan, each SYEP participant received a three-hour session which covered legal, medical, social and employment problems associated with alcohol and drug use. The program is proud to announce that the 2008-2009 SYEP has been contracted for 1,065 total slots. 2008-2009 Program Goals: The 2008-2009 program year will continue from the 2007-2008 program year with the long-time approach of delivering a significant portion of the substance-abuse prevention activities in four teen clubs and pre-teen club. The clubs are called: Beyond the Court, Sister Soldiers, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and United Girls for Life. Activities and topics that will be provided in the substance abuse sessions include: types of illegal drugs, their effects and symptoms, alcohol and nicotine, the involvement -- a doorway to drugs -- outside speakers from drug treatment programs and the police department and college visits -- a taste of the future without drugs. |
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 Derek Jeter's Leaders went to a leadership conference this summer at the University of Texas-Arlington. Check out the video highlights. More > |
The Jeter’s Leaders is a youth leadership, social change program named by the captain of the New york Yankees, Derek Jeter, and funded by his Turn 2 Foundation. The program is designed to promote healthy lifestyles, academic achievement and social change activism among high school students.
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